.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master are going to come to be the 1st specific ladies's professional athlete to become awarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Shirt revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan regulation had passed your house of Representatives and would certainly be actually delivered to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize King, the ping pong Lobby of Famer as well as lobbyist, had currently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a claim that King's "lifetime of proposal and effort altered the yard for women and women on the courthouse, in the class, as well as the place of work." The expense was presented in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of King's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched ping pong suit of all time. The medal, granted by Our lawmakers for prominent achievements and also payments to society, has actually recently been provided to athletes, consisting of pitcher Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and golf players Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been actually rewarded the Governmental Award of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, mentions she has "broken barricades, led unexplored pathways, and also encouraged numerous individuals to stand up happily with courage and also sentiment in the defend what is right.".